St Bede's College is a Roman Catholic, secondary school for boys, located in Mentone, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1938, it is administered by the De La Salle Brothers and named after St. Bede the Venerable, a Benedictine monk and priest who spent his life teaching and writing in the monasteries. St. Bede's College has a rich sporting history. St. Bede's College is a Year 7–12 Catholic secondary college for boys with an enrolment of 1,330 students. The College was founded in 1938 by the De La Salle Brothers and is located at Mentone, overlooking Port Phillip Bay. It is the major provider of secondary education for boys in the Catholic parishes of Aspendale, Beaumaris, Black Rock, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Dingley, Parkdale, Mentone, Mordialloc, and Sandringham, and a minor provider to the parishes of Hampton, Moorabbin and Highett. St. Bede’s College was founded in 1938 by the De La Salle Brothers. The founder of the Brothers was Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, who was born at Rheims in 1651. He was canonized in 1900 and in 1950 Pope Pius XII named him Patron of Teachers.